Aspalathus linearis (rooibos) is a medicinally and economically useful shrub which is endemic to the Mediterranean west coast region of South Africa. Species distribution modelling indicates potentially severe consequences ...

In this chapter, the authors provide projections of regional climate change so that decision-makers can better understand the nature of the projected changes, and how to take this into account when formulating and implementing ...

In southern Africa, seasonal rainfall and temperature forecasts have been made for almost two decades already and these forecasts have been developed to improve the ability of users to cope with fluctuations in rainfall ...

Rooibos tea is a unique health enhancing beverage made from a shrub-like bush which grows only in the Cederberg mountains of the Western Cape, South Africa. The area has a semi-arid climate and infertile soils which makes ...